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When does midbrain dopamine activity exert its effects on behavior?

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Rewards direct behavioral adaptation through midbrain dopamine signaling, though the timing of those effects is often ambiguous. Lee and colleagues find that different subpopulations of dopamine neurons obey similar constraints,… Click to show full abstract

Rewards direct behavioral adaptation through midbrain dopamine signaling, though the timing of those effects is often ambiguous. Lee and colleagues find that different subpopulations of dopamine neurons obey similar constraints, indirectly regulating reward-related behavior through learning mechanisms restricted to a brief time window following reward.

Keywords: midbrain dopamine; dopamine activity; activity exert; exert effects; effects behavior

Journal Title: Nature Neuroscience
Year Published: 2020

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